Mary Aunita Prebula

• Author, "Meeting and Overcoming Socioeconomic Barriers to Law Practice", in her story, Book 2, The Resilient Woman Lawyers' Guide to Conquering Obstacles, ABA Litigation Section., 2024
• Chair, Formal Advisory Opinion Board, State Bar of Georgia; Co-Chair 2019-22; member since 2014
• Chair, Judicial Practice & Procedures Committee, State Bar of Georgia, Member 2010-Present, 2024
• Chair, Annual State Bar Meeting GAWL Program Committee, 1993
• U.S. Supreme Court, 05/03/2010
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia, 09/10/1992
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 09/25/1987
• Court of Appeals of Georgia, 06/15/1984
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 06/15/1984
• Supreme Court of Georgia, 06/15/1984
• Georgia State and Superior Courts
• AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION - 1984-Present Women's Advocate Committee 2020-2021; ABA Advisory Panel Member; Litigation Section 1990-Present; Pretrial Practice & Discovery Committee 1990-Present Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law Section 1990-2006; Career Issues Committee; 1990-1995 Young Lawyers Division, 1984-1990, 2021
• AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION - Fellow, 2019-Present, 2021
• GWINNETT COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION, 1993-Present Pro Bono Committee (Chair, 1999-2002); Law Day Committee, 1995; Gwinnett Pro Bono Project Award 1995 and 1996, 2021
• ATLANTA BAR ASSOCIATION, 2015-Present, 1984-2013Litigation Section, 1987-Present; Environmental Law Section, 1992-Present; Atlanta Council for Younger Lawyers Section, 1984-1990; Work Options Task Force, 1989-1992 (Chair, 1989-1990); Appellate Advocacy Competition, March 2001  , 2021
• ATLANTA BAR FOUNDATION, Charter Lifetime Fellow, 1999-Present, 2021
• LAW RELATED EDUCATION CONSORTIUM, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, The University of Georgia, 1991-2000 Executive Committee, 1991-1993; Treasurer, 1991-1993; Finance Committee, 1992-1999, 1991
• GEORGIA TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION, 1999-Present, 2023
• GEORGIA NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS ASSOCIATION, 2000-Present, 2021
• LAWYERS FOUNDATION OF GEORGIA, Fellow 1999-Present, 2021
• EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, 1991-PresentExecutive Committee, Member at Large, 1993-1996; Nominating Committee for Law School Executive Committee, 1992-1993; Annual Law Firm Fund Raising Campaign, 1991-1993 (Chair, 1992-1993; Steering Committee Member, 1991-1992), 2021
• GEORGIA ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN LAWYERS, 1984-2000 (President, 1990-1991; Treasurer, 1989-1990; Executive Board, 1989-1994)  Annual State Bar Meeting Program Committee, 1992-1993 (Chair, 1993) Scholarship Committee, 1992-1997 (Founding Chair, 1992-1993) Gubernatorial Forum Committee, 1990 Judicial Selection Committee, 1990-2000 (Vice-Chair, 1992-1993), 2001

• Trawick v. Carmike Cinemas, Inc., Case No. 4:16-CV-380 (CDL) (M.D. Ga. 2019).  Female employee brought discrimination claim based on gender.  Judgment for $1,050,790.91., 2019
• Conure Telecom Services, LLC v. American Trust Administrators, Inc., Companion Life Ins. Co, et al., No. 2019CV31799 (Fulton Sup. Ct.) (Breach of contract in self-funded health benefits plan with stop loss coverage)., 2022
• The Plantation at Bay Creek Homeowners Association, Inc. v. Allan Glasier & Glendee Glasier, et al, No 15-A-3383-1 (Gwinnett Sup. Ct) (Homeowners defeated HOA in quiet title, breach of quiet enjoyment, trespass, negligence case)., 2021

• Conure Telecom Services, LLC, 2022
• Young Harris College n/k/a Young Harris University, 2014
• Landmark Aviation, Houston, Texas, 2013
• Paragon Benefits, Inc., 2017
• Billy Bostick, Special Deputy Liquidator, Fairway Physicians Insurance Company, in Liquidation, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2018
• ADSS Global LLC, and its predecessor since 1996, 2022
• Bradley-Morris, LLC-- since 1996, 2020
• Opus Global Data Solutions, LLC, 2022

• Judge/Evaluator, High School Mock Trial Program, 1991-2003
• Coach, Wesleyan School, High School Mock Trial Program, 2003-2007
• Leadership Gwinnett, Graduate 1995-1996
• Participant, Gwinnett County Legal Aid, 1993-Present
• Chair, Business Associate Of The Year Committee, American Business Women's Association, 1996
• Steering Committee, Gwinnett County Legal Aid
• Founder’s Committee, Gwinnett County Legal Aid
• Chair, Public Service Awards Committee, American Business Women's Association, 1996
• Public Service Awards Committee, American Business Women's Association, 1994-1996  
• Business Associate Of The Year Committee, American Business Women's Association, 1994-1996
• Scholarship Committee Chair, American Business Women's Association, 1997-1998
• Woman Of The Month, American Business Women's Association, 1999
• American Business Women's Association, 1994-2005
• Committee On Establishing Teen Court In Gwinnett County, Duluth Kiwanis Club 2002-2003
• Member, Duluth Kiwanis Club, 2000 – 2004
• Pro Bono Legal Services, Mount Pisgah United Methodist Church, 1999-Present
• Elementary School Mock Trial Program, Organizer And Instructor For Woodward Academy North Mock Trial Program, 1998-6th Grade, 1995-3rd Grade, 1994-2nd Grade,1993-1st Grade
• Finance Committee, Mount Pisgah United Methodist Church, 2001–2002
• Hospital Foundation Service Project, Mount Pisgah United Methodist Church, 2001
• Costa Rica Missions, Mount Pisgah United Methodist Church, 2006-2007
• Chancel Choir, Mount Pisgah United Methodist Church, 2008
• Chancel Choir, Mount Pisgah United Methodist Church, 1999–2003
• Member, Mount Pisgah United Methodist Church, 1999-Present
• GWINNETT PRO BONO PROJECT AWARD, Gwinnett County Bar Association, 1996
• GWINNETT PRO BONO PROJECT AWARD, Gwinnett County Bar Association, 1995

• National Academy of Family Law Attorneys, Inc.--Top Ten Rating 2020-2022, Top Ten Rating--National Academy of Family Law Attorneys, Inc., NAFLA
• Phi Delta Phi, Emory University School Of Law, 1982-1984
• Legal Association Of Women Students, Emory University School Of Law, 1982-1984
• Vice President, Emory University School Of Law, 1982-1983
• Environmental Law Society, Emory University School Of Law, 1981-1984
• Moot Court Society, Emory University School Of Law, 1982-1984
• International Law Society, Emory University School Of Law, 1982-1984
• National Scholarship Award, Phi Mu Sorority, University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
• Emory University Scholarship, Emory University School Of Law, 1981-1984
• American Jurisprudence Award-Contracts, Emory University School Of Law, 1981
• University Of North Carolina At Greensboro, Masters Of Education Thesis 1977
• Secretary Of Residence College Association, University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
• UNC Parents’ Council 2004-2008, Emeritus 2008-Present
• President Of Pledge Class, Phi Mu Sorority, University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
• Dean's List, University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
• James M. Johnston Honors Scholar, University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
• UNC General Alumni Association 1975-Present
• European Tour for International Understanding, 1970 North Carolina Representative, Tour sponsored by the National Association of Secondary School Principals
• 2013 Tradition of Excellence Award for General Practice. This award acknowledges service to the bar and the profession and requires at least 20 years of legal practice. Only 4 are awarded each year. Mary received it for General Practice. She is 1 of only 6 women to receive this award. This award is recognition by her peers that has contributed significantly to the practice of law in Georgia., Tradition of Excellence Award, State Bar of Georgia, General Practice and Trial Section, 2013
• Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings—AV Preeminent, the Highest Possible Rating in  Both Legal Ability & Ethical Standards -- 1985 to present.  , AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings—AV Preeminent, the Highest Possible Rating in  Both Legal Ability & Ethical Standards.  
• Georgia’s Top Rated Lawyers--Mary has repeatedly been recognized in this group of the top 5% of the legal profession for her excellence in legal skills and ethics since she achieved AV rated status through Martindale--Hubell.  
• Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers--AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell (2011 Inaugural Ed. through the present) (no longer published), AV Preeminent, Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers--AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell (2011 Inaugural Ed., 2011

• B.A. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1975
• M.Ed. University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1978

• Managing Editor, Emory Law Journal, Emory University School Of Law, 1983-1984
• Staff, Emory Law Journal, Emory University School Of Law, 1982-1983
• "New Developments in Georgia Environmental Laws and the Hazardous Site Inventory," and Speech, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia (1994).
• "Fiduciary Litigation Discovery:  Practical Applications," Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, and Speech, Co-author (1990).
• "Right-to-Know Laws," Executive Enterprises, Inc., and Speech, Co-author(1990).
• "NPDES -- Water Permits and Toxic Control Program Under Sections 304 and 307 of the Clean Water Act," Industry Council on the Environment, Safety and Health, and Speech, Co-author (1990)
• "The RCRA Penalty Policy and Pollution Prevention Projects," Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, and Speech, Co-author (1992).
• "Recent Environmental Developments of Interest," Newsletter, Environmental Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia (1992).
• "Effective Use of Environmental Counsel in Bankruptcy Cases," JDRP Internal Publication, and Speech, Co-author (1992).
• “Electronic Discovery in Small Business Litigation”, General Practice and Trial Institute,             State Bar of Georgia, Amelia Island, FL (2010)
• "EMF Litigation," Environmental Law Section Newsletter, State Bar of Georgia (Summer, 1994).
• "E[lecro] M[agnetic] F[requency] Litigation," Environmental Litigation Committee Newsletter, American Bar Association, Vol. 7, No. 1, at 6 (1995).
• "Corporate Legal Matters," Gwinnett Charter Chapter, American Business Women’s Association, Speech (1999)
• "Plaintiff’s Civil Litigation," Civil Justice Panel, Justice Day, Leadership Gwinnett, Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce, Speech (2001).
• “Georgia Civil Procedure: General Provisions Governing Discovery, Requests for Admissions, and Considerations in Trial by Jury”, Gwinnett County Bar Association Seminar Safari, The Serengeti, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, East Africa (2007)
• “Suggestions for Mediation of the Difficult Case:  Kin Representation, Surveillance, Hotheads, and Other Challenges”, and Speech, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia (2008).
• “Guidelines for Electronic Discovery, Parts 1 and 2”, Gwinnett Bar Association Monthly Newsletter (April and May, 2010)
• “Discovery Issues and Social Media” General Practice and Trial Institute, State Bar of Georgia, St. Simons Island, Georgia (2017).
• “E-Discovery Basics”, General Practice and Trial Institute, State Bar of Georgia, Amelia Island, FL (2011).
• “Mediation Pointers”, New Lawyers Seminar, State Bar of Georgia, ICLE (2011).
• “E-Discovery for Small Firms”, Solo and Small Firm Summer Seminar, State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta, GA (2012)
• “Selected Issues in E-Discovery”,  General Practice and Trial Institute, State Bar of Georgia, Amelia Island, FL (2012)
• “Litigation Issues and E-Discovery:  Holding Your Own With the Big Guns”,  General Practice and Trial Institute, State Bar of Georgia, Calloway Gardens, Georgia (2014).
• Georgia Procedure, Civil Procedure:  Discovery, Pretrial Procedure and Conduct of Trial, Generally, Co-author, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing (2008 & 1995 Editions).       
• “Service is a Good Thing”, American Bar Association, Women and the Law Committee, DLI-266528305v3 (2016)

• EMORY LAW JOURNAL, 1982-1984 (Managing Editor, 1983-1984; Staff, 1982-1983), 1983
• 2013 Tradition of Excellence Award for General Practice. This award acknowledges service to the bar and the profession and requires at least 20 years of legal practice. Only 4 are awarded each year. Mary received it for General Practice. She is 1 of only 6 women to receive this award by that time. This award is recognition by her peers that has contributed significantly to the practice of law in Georgia., 2013

• COMPUTER CONSULTING
• Contract Disputes
• Employment Contracts
• ERISA--HEALTH INSURANCE AND PENSION CLAIMS
• Families
• General Business
• Probate
• Residential Construction
• Wills

“Mary is a great resource and very knowledgeable. She's extremely experienced in multiple areas of the law, including employee benefits. She is a joy to work with.”